No ‘love lost’ in CM letter to top brass
The letter that has stirred a hornet’s nest and rattled the State BJP was meant to be confidential and was written by Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and BJP state president K.S. Eshwarappa to appris
Fence-sitters: How many are still with BSY camp?
With CM Sadananda Gowda’s letter bomb creating another crisis in the ruling BJP, the moot question now is whether beleaguered former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa will be able to hold on to his numbers?
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In dubious first, Mylarappa’s ‘copy cat’ student loses PhD
For the first time in the history of the state, the Bangalore University (BU) Academic Council has decided to withdraw the PhD awarded to M. Venkataramanappa, a research student under the present Regi
Swine flu wipes out adults in their prime
The H1N1 virus seems to have slowly but steadily made its way into the state, with the deaths toll since January this year standing as 12. Adults, particularly young to middling adults, are more pron
Sakala scheme gets cold response
The much hyped ‘Sakala’ services introduced by the state government in April this year, have received a cold response from residents of the city. This came to light during an interaction with members
Congress’ Lingayat leaders upset over Rani role in Sonia visit
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s visit to the high-profile Siddaganga math in Tumkur last week—which is identified with the Lingayat community— seems to have stirred a hornet’s nest in the party.
No hike in Central drought aid till 2015
There is no respite in sight for drought-hit Karnataka with the Centre deciding not to enhance the compensation for affected states till 2015. The state is facing the worst calamity in the past 40 yea
Cyber Appellate Tribunal in Bengaluru
Bengaluru will be home to the southern chapter of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT), which will reach out to victims of cyber crime, the state government announced at the Cyber Security Summit here o
Bidari case: HC seeks affidavits
The Karnataka High Court, which resumed hearing of the plea by the State government and former DG&IGP Shankar M. Bidari as per SC order, on Tuesday made it very clear that what was extracted in the ea
Who’ll clean up Namma Bengaluru?
Hundreds of trolleys and pushcarts, an army of sweepers, foreign junkets for corporators to learn better garbage clearing practices... and still the city remains as dirty as ever with no visible resul